In an attempt to characterize the influence of
an iron source on bacteria around the Galapagos Islands, bacteria were sampled at the surface and at four different depths from the R/V Thomas G.
Thompson during 13-15 January ...

[author supplied abstract] Bacteria are essential for the remineralization of nutrients in the ocean between different energy
levels. Therefore, understanding what control bacterial abundance in the ocean is important. ...

The equatorial Pacific is an HNLC (high-nitrate, low chlorophyll) region, with the exception of the area around the Galápagos Islands, where there is commonly a relatively large standing stock of phytoplankton. In this ...

This study examined the bacterioplankton community dynamics in Barkley Sound, located on Vancouver Island Canada, and the extent to which the community structure would change with the occurrence of a simulated diatom bloom. ...

Clos, Andrew(School of Oceanography, University of Washington, 2008-06-19)

The study examined dissolved organic carbon, alkalinity, particulate organic carbon, and wind speed over the period of a few days. Gas exchange between the atmosphere and ocean is eight times higher than over the open ...

This study was carried out in the Galapagos Islands in January 2006 to determine sedimentary carbon remineralization rates and compare them among regions of differing chlorophyll a concentrations and rates of primary ...

This study used multibeam sonar survey with a deep-towed camera system to produce the first detailed bathymetric maps of Rumble III. The first photographs of the Rumble III seafloor are also included in the paper. It is ...

During January 2006, this study examined how the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) was disrupted by the western portion of the Galapagos Islands using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), deployed drifters, and discrete ...

This study characterized the chemical ecology of the Rumble III plume by comparing data from CDTO sensors. The plume is 250 meters below the surface of the water. A reduction in oxygen, higher particulate numbers, and ...

[Author's abstract]Upwelling off Magdalena Bay on the west coast of Baja Mexico was investigated and the magnitude of upwelling calculated. From March 20-21st the R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruised from the coast north of ...

[Author's Abstract] Nutrients in the ocean are used by plankton at the bottom of the food web, which act as food for progressively larger organisms. In particular, nitrogen based nutrients are often in short supply, limiting ...

[author supplied abstract] In a world facing ever-increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, understanding the various facets of the carbon cycle is critical. In temperate coastal systems, diatoms play a key role in the carbon ...

[Author's Abstract] Geostrophic currents are a balance of a pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force (due to the Earth’s rotation). Scientists historically have used a variety of assumptions to reference geostrophic ...

The Galápagos archipelago is a hot spot of life in an open ocean of low production. The ecosystem of the islands depends on dissolved nutrients, which determine how much and what types of phytoplankton occur. This then ...

[author supplied abstract] The objective of this study is to compare the distribution, abundance and diversity of zooplankton
species in the differing ecosystems of Trevor Channel and Alberni Inlet in Barkley Sound, ...

The Galapagos Islands marine ecosystem has regionally high primary production and
chlorophyll concentrations that are uncharacteristic of the surrounding high-nitrate low chlorophyll waters of the Eastern Equatorial ...

This study measured the velocity of the tidal currents in Rosario Strait in Puget Sound. Because oil tankers pass through the Strait regularly, the long-range goal of understanding the currents is to predict the direction ...

[Author's Abstract] Spreading centers occur where tectonic plates are moving apart from each other creating new seafloor and mid-oceanic ridges. The rate at which the centers spread causes changes in the geological features ...

[author supplied abstract] Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that plays an important role in the global climate and has a
warming potential that is twenty-five times greater than that of carbon dioxide. Natural fluxes ...